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Give this man a cookie! Bang on. That's what I was thinking - but how much would be involved in that? Nah, I read on the vicroads website (not sure what jurisdiction you were referring to) that it's not based on stock, if you have any mods you're supposed to have an engineer's certificate showing that it doesn't violate the restrictions. Reason is, I only have 7 or 8 months left on my P's, and I don't wanna sit here while my current car devalues when I could be getting some skyline action! Like I said, though, I realise it's probably a stupid idea.

Firstly, I apologise for asking these questions But I am curious, so here goes: How much work would be involved in removing the turbo from an r34 GT-T in order to run N/A? Would it require new ECU, etc etc, or is it as simple as removing the turbo itself? Would there be any difference between doing it in an auto or manual? And of course, once it's out, would it be a big job getting it back in? Cheers!

Thanks for the input guys - I feel more and more tempted! Looking at R34s though, it seems that the autos are a lot easier to get at the lower price - I'm more of a manual guy, though, as I like the extra control it affords. I realise that the autos are tiptronic, but how agressively can they be driven? I remember driving a tiptronic Liberty GT, and while the power was certainly all there, it felt like I was being "babied" thru the gears, particularly at the lower RPMs, and the gear changes seemed to take forever - am I likely to have similar experience in the R34? (Yeah, I know, I should just test drive one, but I won't have an opportunity til next week so I figure I may as well as ask you guys :lol: )

Hi Fellas, I'm toying with the idea of going all in and putting my funds for the next few years into a skyline. I'm currently full time at uni with 3 years to go, so money is a pretty significant issue. My first choice would be to pick up a manual r34 GT-T for around $25k (which should be possible with some hunting, according to my research). However, that would take up pretty much all my cash (plus insurance of $2k quoted by Just Car). So I'm wondering how the running costs for an r34 GT-T, as compared to my current "car" (2000 CE Lancer 1.8 manual), ignoring the obvious fact of fuel consumption? Services would be more expensive, of course (substantially?), but am I liable to be hit with many other costs? I'd intend buy it stock and keep it that way (for the time being), and use it as a daily driver with no track work etc. Alternately, how would that compare to say a '96 or '97 r33 GTS-25T which I'd be aiming to put around $18k into? Would the running costs be significantly more for the r33 (older car, more liable to breakdown etc), or similar? In the long term would it still be a cheaper option? I should probably point out that I have little to no mechanical expertise, though I'm willing to learn to keep everything running smoothly. Thanks for the input!